Unexpected languages
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The language question is an interesting one, and you have a good point. Although when I say "Latin European" I am thinking about a certain culture, rather than a language. For example, I believe the VM is not an original product of Latin European culture, but Latin as a language is still pretty high on my list of possibilities.

An interesting graph from Wikipedia, showing the "Ratio of books printed in the vernacular languages to those in Latin in the 15th century"

[Image: 640px-Incunabula_distribution_by_language.png]
It might provide a general idea of the possibilities.
If I thought the contents of the VM were created in 15thC Europe and not just copied, I would definitely look into non-Latin languages. It is an atypical work in many ways, so it might be so linguistically as well.
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Unexpected languages - by Diane - 18-03-2016, 08:43 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by R. Sale - 20-03-2016, 07:31 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Diane - 20-03-2016, 08:17 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by R. Sale - 21-03-2016, 10:51 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 10:43 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 12:09 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 12:44 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Anton - 27-05-2016, 01:41 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 02:25 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 02:41 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 02:51 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 03:31 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 27-05-2016, 03:42 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 04:16 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 04:50 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 05:08 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 27-05-2016, 05:16 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 28-09-2018, 11:07 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 05:26 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 27-05-2016, 05:56 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 06:32 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 27-05-2016, 06:35 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 06:52 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 27-05-2016, 06:59 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 27-05-2016, 07:17 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by VViews - 28-05-2016, 05:03 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 28-05-2016, 07:17 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 28-05-2016, 08:18 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 28-05-2016, 10:17 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 28-05-2016, 11:21 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 28-05-2016, 09:35 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 28-05-2016, 09:53 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 28-05-2016, 10:25 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 28-05-2016, 11:27 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 29-05-2016, 06:29 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Davidsch - 31-05-2016, 12:27 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Botis - 28-08-2016, 11:02 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Davidsch - 28-08-2016, 11:21 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Botis - 30-08-2016, 05:28 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by matthewK - 30-08-2016, 07:19 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Diane - 03-09-2016, 10:30 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 03-09-2016, 06:17 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by Koen G - 28-09-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 01-10-2018, 04:22 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by DONJCH - 01-10-2018, 06:43 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 28-09-2018, 11:49 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 01-10-2018, 08:50 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 01-10-2018, 07:27 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by DONJCH - 01-10-2018, 08:06 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 01-10-2018, 07:57 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by DONJCH - 01-10-2018, 08:15 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 01-10-2018, 09:15 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 01-10-2018, 11:15 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 02-10-2018, 11:10 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 02-10-2018, 12:34 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 03-10-2018, 04:19 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 03-10-2018, 07:55 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 03-10-2018, 05:31 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 04-10-2018, 09:25 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 04-10-2018, 09:56 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by MarcoP - 04-10-2018, 08:09 PM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 05-10-2018, 06:31 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 05-10-2018, 06:44 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 04-10-2018, 11:22 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ChenZheChina - 05-10-2018, 05:24 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by -JKP- - 05-10-2018, 05:29 AM
RE: Unexpected languages - by ReneZ - 05-10-2018, 06:37 AM

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